Australia the land of flooding rains.

Like the rest of the country we have had our share of rain, floods and gusty windy weather.  And according to the weather bureau there's more to come, and snow to the 700 metre level on the 1st November.

Flood waters coming down the Cataract Gorge.  

This photo doesn't do it justice.

The former Toll keepers cottage at the entrance to the Cataract Gorge.

One of the trees floating in the Tamar River past our home.

Another tree.

The Statesman Cargo Boat going past.  

The smaller boats on the river have to be

 careful navigating around the floating debris.

More debris.

Another tree.

Putting the size of the trees into perspective.

But wait there's more.

I think the river is starting to clear of debris now.

Working in Perth

We worked for two weeks in Perth, but the weather was quite bad for taking photos so I only got a few.  I really like the older homes in the area.  It's got lots of new subdivisions and the town is growing at a fast pace, but I do like the older homes they have a bit of character to them.

One of the older homes I walked passed.

There were still a few trees in blossom.

The Halloween House.

Another older house near the railway tracks.

More blossom trees.

The Wisteria in bloom.

Another couple of character homes.

It was a great time to work in Perth when the weather

 was good you could smell the boronia, lilacs and

 other scented flowers with the cockatoos calling 

and the magpies warble in the gum trees.

Very pleasant.

Then it rained and I was soaked to the skin.

Happy Halloween

We have had fun this month celebrating Halloween by watching scary movies and eating Halloween treats and ghost hunting.

Some of my decorations.

Spooky black bird in the garden

Killer Coffee coaster and skeleton hand.

More decorations.

My Jack Skellington tealight holder and candy bowl.

Decorations in a garden in Perth.

More of the spooky decorations.

The yard would have looked good at night all lit up.

Krispy Kreme Halloween.

Another candy bowl.

Spooky cemetery looking for ghosts.

Cemetery at the Auld Kirk at Sidmouth.

Whale Watching

We went for a little cruise whale watching at Victor Harbor.  Thank goodness for seasick tablets.

Rainbow at Victor Harbor.

Horse drawn tram at Victor Harbor.

Seals basking the sunshine.

Another seal.

Waves in the rocks.

Seal rock.

Looking for waterspouts and whales from the balcony at Middleton.

Another whale.

There were a few whales with calves in the 

bay and  we had fun looking for them.  

Adelaide

 We spent a lovely week in Adelaide in September with our wonderful friends.

Just about to land in Adelaide.

View from balcony at Port Adelaide.

Breakfast at Pipi's at Middleton.

View of the beach at Middleton.  Overcast and wintery - no one on surf boards today.

Lovely old change room at Middleton nicely restored.

Off to the wineries.

All set for wine tasting.

Ploughman's Lunch at Lake Breeze.

And Affogato's for afternoon tea.

Out for lunch at Lost Phoenix Farm.

Lovely restaurant.

Then to Cut Hill Distillery.

For a taste test.

Very nice, decisions, decisions.

We stopped at the lookout at Victor Harbor.

Lovely views of Victor Harbor from the lookout.

friends.